Japanese Printing project on wild life and nature

About the art of Japanese printmaking

Japanese prints are rooted in an artistic and cultural tradition different from that of the West. They depict popular subjects of their day. Kabuki actors, beautiful women of the pleasure quarters or famous landscapes are shown in bold coloured inks on handmade paper. Produced cheaply for a mass audience in Japan these bold images were admired in the West both for their subject matter and their use of colour, form and style.